Clinocephalic

/ˌklaɪnoʊsɛˈfælɪk/ adjective

Definition

Describing a skull with a sagittal ridge or ridged appearance, or having the top of the head slanted backward.

Etymology

From Greek klino- (to incline) plus kephalē (head), meaning a head that slopes or inclines, originally used in anthropological skull classification.

Kelly Says

Anthropologists used clinocephalic to describe skulls of certain fossil hominins and populations—it's one of many now-outdated skull measurements that showed how racial pseudoscience misused anatomical terms!

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